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Battle of Haw's Shop
Enon Church

Began:

May 28, 1864

Ended:

Same day

Location:

Hanover County, Virginia

Theater:

Eastern Theater

Campaign:

Grant’s Overland Campaign

Outcome:

Inconclusive

Combatants

Commanders

David M. Gregg
Brigadier General, USA

Fitzhugh Lee
Major General, CSA
Wade Hampton
Major General, CSA

Strength

Casualties

344

400

Gregg’s cavalry division, supported by Torbert’s division, advanced to cover the Army of the Potomac’s crossing of the Pamunkey River and movement toward Totopotomoy Creek. Fitzhugh Lee’s and Hampton’s cavalry divisions, later reinforced by Butler’s South Carolina brigade, met the Federals at Enon Church. After seven hours of mostly dismounted cavalry fighting, the Federal advance was stopped. Both Confederate and Union infantry began arriving in the vicinity as the cavalry fighting raged. (NPS summary)

v • d • e Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign, May-June 1864

Wilderness -- Todd's Tavern -- Spotsylvania Court House -- Yellow Tavern -- Wilson's Wharf -- Haw's Shop -- North Anna -- Totopotomoy Creek -- Old Church -- Cold Harbor -- Trevilian Station -- Saint Mary's Church

v • d • e Battles of the American Civil War: 1864

Eastern Theater	Morton's Ford -- Walkerton -- Plymouth -- Albemarle Sound -- The Wilderness -- Port Walthall Junction -- Todd's Tavern -- Cloyd’s Mountain -- Spotsylvania Court House -- Swift Creek -- Chester Station -- Cove Mountain -- Yellow Tavern -- Proctor's Creek -- New Market -- Ware Bottom Church -- North Anna -- Wilson’s Wharf -- Haw's Shop -- Totopotomoy Creek -- Old Church -- Cold Harbor -- Piedmont -- 1st Petersburg -- Trevilian Station -- Jerusalem Plank Road -- 2nd Petersburg -- Lynchburg -- Saint Mary's Church -- Staunton River Bridge -- Sappony Church -- Monocacy -- Fort Stevens -- Heaton's Crossroads -- Cool Spring -- Rutherford's Farm -- 2nd Kernstown -- 1st Ream's Station -- 1st Deep Bottom -- The Crater -- Folck's Mill -- Moorefield -- 2nd Deep Bottom -- Guard Hill -- Globe Tavern -- Summit Point -- Smithfield Crossing -- 2nd Ream's Station -- Berryville -- Beefsteak Raid -- Opequon -- Fisher's Hill -- Chaffin's Farm -- Peebles' Farm -- Darbytown and New Market Roads -- Darbytown Road -- Tom's Brook -- Cedar Creek -- Boydton Plank Road -- Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road -- Rainbow Bluff Expedition -- 1st Fort Fisher -- Fort Branch

Western Theater	Dandridge -- Athens -- Fair Garden -- Meridian -- Okolona -- 1st Dalton -- Paducah -- Fort Pillow -- Rocky Face Ridge -- Resaca -- Adairsville -- New Hope Church -- Dallas -- Pickett's Mill -- Marietta -- Brice's Crossroads -- Cynthiana -- Kolb's Farm -- Kennesaw Mountain -- Pace's Ferry -- Tupelo -- Peachtree Creek-- Atlanta -- Ezra Church -- Brown's Mill -- Utoy Creek -- 2nd Dalton -- Lovejoy's Station -- Mobile Bay -- Fort Gaines -- 2nd Memphis -- Fort Morgan -- Jonesborough -- 1st Saltville -- Allatoona -- Decatur -- Johnsonville -- Bull's Gap -- Griswoldville -- Columbia -- Buck Head Creek -- Honey Hill -- Spring Hill -- 2nd Franklin -- Waynesboro -- 3rd Murfreesboro-- Altamaha Bridge -- 2nd Fort McAllister -- Nashville -- Marion -- 2nd Saltville

Trans-Mississippi Theater	Fort De Russy -- Elkin’s Ferry -- Mansfield -- Pleasant Hill -- Prairie D'Ane -- Blair's Landing -- Monett's Ferry -- Poison Spring -- Marks' Mills -- Jenkins' Ferry -- Calcasieu Pass -- Mansura -- Yellow Bayou -- Old River Lake -- Killdeer Mountain -- Fort Davidson -- Glasgow -- 2nd Lexington -- Little Blue River -- 2nd Independence -- Byram's Ford -- Westport -- Marais des Cygnes -- Marmiton River -- Mine Creek -- 2nd Newtonia

Lower Seaboard Theater	Olustee -- Gainesville

Naval	Hunley vs Housatonic -- Cherbourg

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 Gregg’s cavalry division, supported by Torbert’s division, advanced to cover the Army of the Potomac’s crossing of the Pamunkey River and movement toward Totopotomoy Creek.  Fitzhugh Lee’s and Hampton’s cavalry divisions, later reinforced by Butler’s South Carolina brigade, met the Federals at Enon Church.  After seven hours of mostly dismounted cavalry fighting, the Federal advance was stopped. Both Confederate and Union infantry began arriving in the vicinity as the cavalry fighting raged. (''NPS summary'')
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 [[Category:American Civil War Battles]]

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